1Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, in accord with the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,stylusActs 4:20, John 20:27, Acts 4:20, John 20:27, 1 John 4:142to Timothy, most beloved son. Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.stylus1 John 5:20, 1 John 5:20, John 1:4, John 1:4, 1 Timothy 3:163I give thanks to God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. For without ceasing I hold the remembrance of you in my prayers, night and day,stylus1 Corinthians 1:9, 1 Corinthians 1:9, John 17:3, John 17:3, Acts 4:204desiring to see you, recalling your tears so as to be filled with joy,stylusJohn 15:11, John 15:11, John 16:24, John 16:24, 2 John 1:125calling to mind the same faith, which is in you unfeigned, which also first dwelt in your grandmother, Lois, and in your mother, Eunice, and also, I am certain, in you.stylusJohn 8:12, John 8:12, James 1:17, James 1:17, Isaiah 60:196Because of this, I admonish you to revive the grace of God, which is in you by the imposition of my hands.stylus1 John 4:20, 1 John 4:20, 1 John 2:4, 1 John 2:4, John 3:197For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.stylusEphesians 5:8, Ephesians 5:8, Revelation 1:5, Revelation 1:5, Romans 13:128And so, do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner. Instead, collaborate with the Gospel in accord with the virtue of God,stylusRomans 3:23, Romans 3:23, James 3:2, James 3:2, Ecclesiastes 7:209who has freed us and has called us to his holy vocation, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the ages of time.stylusPsalms 32:5, Psalms 32:5, Proverbs 28:13, Proverbs 28:13, Jeremiah 33:810And this has now been made manifest by the illumination of our Savior Jesus Christ, who certainly has destroyed death, and who has also illuminated life and incorruption through the Gospel.stylus1 John 1:8, 1 John 1:8, 1 John 5:10, 1 John 5:10, 1 John 2:411Of this Gospel, I have been appointed a preacher, and an Apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.stylus12For this reason, I also suffer these things. But I am not confounded. For I know in whom I have believed, and I am certain that he has the power to preserve what was entrusted to me, unto that day.stylus13Hold to the kind of sound words that you have heard from me in the faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.stylus14Guard the good entrusted to you through the Holy Spirit, who lives within us.stylus15Know this: that all those who are in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phigellus and Hermogenes.stylus16May the Lord have mercy on the house of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me, and he has not been ashamed of my chains.stylus17Instead, when he had arrived in Rome, he anxiously sought me and found me.stylus18May the Lord grant to him to obtain mercy from the Lord in that day. And you know well in how many ways he has ministered to me at Ephesus.stylus